William g



UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

lwIIiLImu "GL EOGIQESONG', OE XENIA, OHIO, AssIeNOR To EoGLEsONG & ANDERsoN.

\`.sleeeieeetienef Lettere raient No. 12,751, deteanprn 17, 1855.

Be it` known that I, WILLIAM G. `FOGLE- SONG, of Xeniain thecounty of Greene and.V State of Ohio,zhave invented a newand Improved Frame for Carriage-Tops; and Ido i hereby declare the""`following toybe a "full,

clear,` and exact ldescription thereof, refer encewbeing` had" to` the annexed drawings, making 1 part of this specication, and `in which a buggyftopl constructed on my plan isrepresented by side elevation.'`

` 1 The bject ofvniytmvention is `to provide ,a means of spreading Stretching and ifo-ldL ingfthe top fof a buggy, `which shall be i simpler inconstruction," moreelegant in ap-` pearance, less costly `and more` easily operated,ithan are the unsightly "and incon,- venientstretchers or elbows now in use.

`'Ilhefobject Iaccbmplish by means Of a pair of ltriggerslile p ,the one represented at (a) 'pivoted to the front edges oft-he principal `bo-w` o r"`slat `iron.`(Z al little above its hingedyjunctionto each `respective stem c) This trigger isprovded at its lower end with a catch pintai) which engaging within a suitable socket-in the front of the stem below the hinge" holdsthe principal bo-w (b) `and..those (g he)` behind it to their `opened, or spread position. A spring j) causesthe catch pin d) to engage automatically I within it-s socket, the instant thatthe` bow is brought forward to aline with the stem. All therefore that is required to be done, in Order to fix the hood permanently. open, is merely to press forward the principal bow until the catch pin engages, and in Order to` lower the hood, you have only` to press a hand on each trigger, and `thus allow the frame to collapse of its own weight. This movement can be effected without rising o-r turning around in the seat. y

lA small stretcher (is) inside of the frame may be employed to hold forwardthe frontbow.` No other stretcher or elbow will be required thus effecting a saving of from three to twenty dollars in the original outlay, and `greater durability of top, because the wear of the quarter leather by the abrasionof the stretcher is done away with. The top, has moreover a much neater appearance.

VI claim herein as new and of my inventioni The application of a catch (a) as described, or its equivalent, in front of the hinge which unites the rincipal bow r sla-t iron to the stem; tor the convenient stretching, &c., of a carriage or buggy top as explained.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand before two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM Gr. FOGLESONG. Witnesses: GEO. H. KNIGHT, THos. W. SCOTT. 

